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Fort Wayne Ollie’s was a bust tonight. Very picked over, and none of the Monogram kits I was hoping for. Nice! I see a couple there I’d snag if I had the chance. None of the local WMs have kits yet this year. Fingers crossed.

Thanks guys! Feels good to finally see this one moving forward. Mike - check out your emoji. Back at you buddy!?. Joking of course. I think I’ve hit that one a number of times by mistake too.??

Beautiful! Those both look great.? I’n with you on the GTs. I used to work at a place that made a couple of parts for them. Always took a little more pride in that stuff than the other run of the mill parts we made.

That’s is an absolutely beautiful build. Perfect color choice too. Nice work.?

Thank you Carl! Much appreciated my friend.

I might have mis-led you guys some. I'm not using the panel line accent for panel lines. I'm using it more for weathering. Especially things like engines and undercarriages. Stuff like this.

Those look great! I think I built this same kit about 3-4 times as a kid. Two of the off-white ones and one of the orange cars. But I’ve never done the box art. Might have to if I come across one though. Definitely has that 70’s vibe I’m currently into.

I’m a big fan of this stuff. I also really like Vallejo Metal Color acrylic for detail painting. Here’s my problem. Applying the panel line accent over the Vallejo works fine. But frequently, I need to go back over it with a thinner to tone down the effect. I was told to use enamel thinner for this. The enamel thinner can easily remove the Vallejo too though, and that’s a problem. Is there a better way to clean up excess Tamiya panel line accent, without removing the Vallejo acrylic? Or should I coat the acrylic with something before applying the Tamiya?

Is that Camaro a recent addition to ollie's? I know this is by no means one of the the better camaro kits, but it brings back a flood of memories for me.

Engine is basically done. I opted not to wire this one. Maybe next time. I do still need to finish the air cleaner, but its paint is curing now. I’m hoping to chrome the lid. We’ll see how that goes. I gave it a bit of weathering with Tamiya panel line accent. My plan is to lightly weather the undercarriage, so the engine may or may not get a little more at that time so it looks uniform with the rest. Also drilled and pinned the exhaust where the pipes will connect. That seems to be a trouble spot for me, so we’ll see if it makes the connection easier.

Excellent job. That paint is gorgeous!?

The color works. Looks really good on this car. Great build overall Brian.

I love Civics, and this one looks great! Really nice work here Gary. The colors work well together.

Cool build. And excellent work you've done with it. I agree with you about the Revell tuner kits. I think they're a little underrated. I have two in the stash (Focus and Civic coupe) and both are very nicely molded, with lots of options.

One more vote for dark green.?

Are they still selling them at hobby lobby? I’d be tempted to pick one up next time I’m in there.

So the MPC kit does not have the flat hood?

Very cleanly done. Looks great!

Cool! That’s a great color choice for a beach buggy.?

That’s looking great so far. Perfect colors.?

I completely agree with you. Read through this topic and tell me you don’t fit into multiple labels. Not a chance for most of us. I’m betting most of us are a little bit of each one. Some categories more than others, sure. Yup. But this demonstrates one of the problems with the internet. It’s so easy to read more meaning into what someone typed than what was intended, and then take offense to it. It’s kind of in our nature. If you could have the same conversation face to face, you’d pick up on vocal inflection and facial expressions, and the meaning would come through much clearer, whether positive or negative. Unfortunately that’s not possible. My bench just isn’t big enough for all of us to work on at the same time. Maybe it’s time for a bigger bench??

I picked up this ‘70 MPC Jeepster glue bomb yesterday, so this morning I did a little disassembly. These parts are headed for the purple pond now. It’ll probably be a while before I actually do anything else with this kit, but I want to see what I have to work with. Notice the small army contingent in the background. They were in the box with the Jeepster. Must have been guarding it and keeping it safe for me!?

Picked up this glue bomb today. There are a bunch of extra parts in the box and a set of untouched decals and instructions. Not positive, but it looks like it might be complete.

I get what you’re saying. A little off topic, but I’m that way about movies. Once everybody and their brother is saying you HAVE to go see it, I lose interest completely. Maybe “individualist’?

Great looking build. I agree with you. The '61 is probably my favorite year for the Impala.